Biologist Jill Farrant of the University of Cape Town in South Africa says that nature has plenty of answers for people who want to grow crops in places with unpredictable rainfall.
南非开普敦大学的生物学家吉尔·法兰特表示,对于那些想要在无法预测降雨量的地区种植作物的人,大自然会给出很多答案。
There's certainly no fixed maturity date: Money shows up in irregular chunks as people pay down their mortgages at unpredictable times-for instance, when they decide to sell their house.
而且没有固定的到期日:几时能收回钱是不知道的,因为人们支付他们的抵押贷款时间是不可预测的,这个时间举例来说,当他们决定出售他们的房子的时候。
But for many millions of people the devastation caused by changing seasonal patterns and unpredictable weather is already a clear and present danger.
而对于数百万民众来说,由不断变化的季节模式和变化莫测的天气导致的破坏已经是迫在眉睫的危机。
Recently, Strogatz' work has been in the news as British engineers released the definitive paper on the Millenium Bridge wobble, and its roots in how people walk on an unpredictable surface.
不久前,Strogatz的研究被新闻报道了,他作为英国的工程师发表了关于英国千禧桥晃动(Millenium Bridge wobble)的最终论文,其根源在于人们如何行走在一个不可预知的表面。
Power companies always keep spare capacity and will keep their turbines spinning through this unpredictable fall in demand in preparation for when people turn their lights back on again.
电力公司总是保留一些备用发电能力,而在这用电需求突然下降的一个小时中,供电公司的涡轮发电机会继续工作,为一小时后的用电新高峰做准备。
For many insurers, the risk remains too unpredictable and the number of people who can afford insurance too small.
于许多保险公司而言,风险依然太难预见,且可承担保险金的人数太少。
Even people developing UAVs doubt that computers will entirely replace the brain in as dynamic, unpredictable and horribly human an activity as war.
即使是那些开发无人机的人员也怀疑,在战争这个时刻变化、无法预测以及非常人性化的活动中,计算机是否能完全替代人脑。
The people I have the closest relationships with are unpredictable. Sometime they are there for me, and sometimes they are not.
与我有最紧密关系的人是不可预测的。有时候他们会在我身边,有时候不会。
Most of my life is spent with people, and people are so uncertain and unpredictable. I like the regularity or the predictability of the clock.
我大半生与人打交道,深知人性的反复无常和捉摸不透。我喜欢钟表的规律性和可预知性。
But I also discovered that cultures are as resourceful, resilient, and unpredictable as the people who compose them.
不过我也发现文化就如同构成文化的民族一样,善于随机应变,富有弹性而且不可预测。
In life many people tend to pay more for getting double indemnity from insurance company as there are too many uncertainties and unpredictable circumstances.
在生活中许多人往往要付出更多的获得双倍赔偿,由保险公司作为有太多的不确定性和不可预知的情况下。
You once said to me, the promise is a debt owed. Meet the fate always unpredictable, memory has always let people Tongche unforgettable.
曾经你对我说,许下的承诺是欠下的债。相遇的缘分总让人琢磨不透,记忆的曾经总让人痛彻难忘。
Because panic attacks can be unpredictable, people often worry about them happening when they have to go into a public place.
因为恐慌攻击可以难以预测,人们常常担心他们发生的事情,当他们进入公共场所。
Time passed and more people came, everyone says the weather in London is unpredictable like a child's face.
时间的推移,更多的人来了,大家说,在伦敦的天气是不可预测的像个孩子的脸。
What you have to do is allow people to use their own energies and allow markets to create the new city in their own hurly-burly way, and that's usually a messy, unpredictable process.
你们需要做的是发挥群众的力量同时允许市场用他们繁忙喧闹的方式建设城市,即使这是一个杂乱和不可预知的过程。
Most of them regard practice as non-linear, appreciating that people are unpredictable, and that their actions often do not follow a straightforward trajectory.
其中大多数把实践看作是非线性的并且欣赏那些变幻莫测的人,这些人的行动往往不是循规蹈矩的。
Although the weather has been unpredictable in the past few years, this cannot be the reason for the decline in advance ticket purchases, because many people attended the concerts even in bad weather.
也许这正是原因,因为很多人不希望在坏天气下看音乐会,没有心情,有人去看,但我们必须考虑它的比率。
Unexpected epidemic and a sudden disaster once brought not only panic to the people, but also unpredictable negative effects to the textile and garment enterprises.
突如其来的疫情,突如其来的灾难,一度给国人带来了恐慌,也给纺织服装企业带来了不可预测的负面影响。
As crazy as the employment world may look to you right now, you may rest assured that the world of business looks even more unpredictable to the people who are trying to build profitable companies.
正像现在的就业领域在你看来古怪和狂热一样,商业界对那些竭力建立赢利公司的人们来说显得更加难以预测。
Only when graduation will people retrospect the every little thing passed away in college; and then they sentimentally talk about former days, past stories, as well as the unpredictable future.
总是在毕业的时候,才会对大学生活的点点滴滴去回忆,然后伤感的说着过去的时光,过去的故事,还有未来的那些永远的未知数。
People in Britain are used to having unpredictable weather - cold rainy summer days and warmer winter months.
住在英国的人们习惯了难以预测的天气——阴雨的夏天和温暖的冬天。
People in Britain are used to having unpredictable weather - cold rainy summer days and warmer winter months.
住在英国的人们习惯了难以预测的天气——阴雨的夏天和温暖的冬天。
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